coup d'etat
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Democracy was restored months later, after the Greek junta engineered a botched coup d'etat in Cyprus that prompted a Turkish invasion.
From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025
Presidential spokesperson Lova Ranoromaro said on social media that "we do not want a coup d'etat, because a coup d'etat destroys a nation, because a coup d'etat destroys the future of our children".
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025
In the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, there has been a civil war going on since a military coup d’etat in 2021.
From Salon • Oct. 28, 2023
West Africa's main regional and economic bloc, ECOWAS, said it was concerned about an attempted coup d'etat and called on the plotters to free Bazoum.
From Reuters • Jul. 26, 2023
He had, it was said, made large loans at the time of the coup d'etat in '51, and Bonaparte's accomplices called him their friend.
From The Son of Monte-Cristo by Lermina, Jules
